The Memory Police

A deeply melancholic and inward-facing story about self-identity and expression.  Ogawa has simple yet thoughtful prose that goes hand-in-hand with the tone that she sets to create the atmosphere of a dream that sometimes borders into a nightmare. The reader isn't given many, if any, concentrate clues that fill out the world that the characters reside in, which maintains mystery throughout the story. I could see how this would be frustrating for some, but I quite enjoyed it. It could also be said that the plot itself isn't very exciting, even boring at times, but again I personally didn't have a strong issue here. I especially loved the inclusion of the main characters ongoing manuscript. 

It's closest comparison that I've read has to be Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. While the themes the two books explore aren't exactly the same, nearly everything else is similar at least. They both try to tread a delicate line, and, in my opinion, where Klara and the Sun failed, The Memory Police was successful.